Zheng-Li Hu

Associate Researcher Fellow

School of Chemistry, Nanjing University

Research Interests: Electrochemical Analysis

Email: zhenglihu@nju.edu.cn

Education and professional experience

2021-present, Associate Research Fellow, Molecular Sensing and Imaging Center, School of Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing, CHINA

2019-2021, Postdoctoral Researcher, State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, CHINA

2014-2019, Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, CHINA, Under supervision of Professor Yi-Tao Long

2010-2014, B. Sc., Applied Chemistry, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, CHINA

Honors & Awards

• RSC Analytical Science Horizon Prize: Sir George Stokes Prize (2026)

• Second Prize of the 2024 Excellent Achievement Award in Higher Education Scientific Research of the Jiangsu Provincial Association of Higher Education (2024)

• Zhu Liangyi Award for Innovation in Analytical Instruments (2025)

• First Prize of Science & Technology Award of China Association for Instrumental Analysis (2022)

• China’s Top 100 Most Influential Domestic Academic Papers (2021)

Academic Publications

1. Zheng-Li Hu^#; Jia Wang^#; Shao-Chuang Liu; Jia-Hong Wang; Hui Ma; Cheng Yang; Yi-Lun Ying; Feng Yan; Yi-Tao Long*(2026). Photoresponsive DNA Steganography for Secure Information Transmission by Nanopore, National Science Review, 13, 9, nwag196. DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwag196.

2. Kai-Li Xin; Lin-Lin Zhang; Meng-Yin Li; Shao-Chuang Liu; Han-Qing She; Yi-Lun Ying; Yi-Tao Long; Zheng-Li Hu*(2026). Nanopore Fingerprinting of Neurodegenerative Proteins and Phosphoproteins within a Minute, JACS Au, 6, 4, 2516-2522. DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.6c00115.

3. Yi-Lun Ying^#; Zheng-Li Hu^#; Shengli Zhang^#; Yujia Qing^#; Alessio Fragasso^#; Giovanni Maglia*; Amit Meller*; Hagan Bayley*; Cees Dekker*; Yi-Tao Long*(2022). Nanopore-based Technologies Beyond DNA Sequencing, Nature Nanotechnology, 17, 11, 1136-1146. DOI: 10.1038/s41565-022-01193-2.

4. Kai-Li Xin; Zheng-Li Hu*; Shao-Chuang Liu; Xin-Yi Li; Jun-Ge Li; Hongyan Niu; Yi-Lun Ying; Yi-Tao Long*(2022). 3D Blockage Mapping for Identifying Familial Point Mutations in Single Amyloid-β Peptides with a Nanopore, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61, 44, e202209970. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202209970.

5. Zheng-Li Hu; Ming-Zhu Huo; Yi-Lun Ying*; Yi-Tao Long*(2021). Biological Nanopore Approach for Single-Molecule Protein Sequencing, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 133, 27, 14862-14873. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202013462.

Teaching Publications

1. Zheng-Li Hu, Yi-Lun Ying*, Jia Wang, Cheng-Bing Zhong, Xuan-Feng Kong, Xiao-Dong Yu, Wen-Wei Zhang, Jian-Rong Zhang, Yi-Tao Long (2025). Experimental Course Design and Application of Nanopore Electrochemical Instrument for Single-Molecule Measurements, University Chemistry, 40, 2, 11-19. DOI: 10.12461/PKU.DXHX202402048.

2. Zheng-Li Hu, Jia Wang, Yi-Lun Ying, Shao-Chuang Liu, Hui Ma, Wen-Wei Zhang, Jian-Rong Zhang, Yi-Tao Long* (2024). Exploration of Ideological and Political Elements in the Development History of Nanopore Electrochemistry, University Chemistry, 39, 8, 344-350. DOI: 10.3866/PKU.DXHX202401072.

3. Zheng-Li Hu, Kai-Li Xin, Shao-Chuang Liu, Cheng-Bing Zhong, Xue-Yuan Wu, Yi-Lun Ying, Xuan-Feng Kong, Xiao-Dong Yu, Jian-Rong Zhang, Yi-Tao Long*(2022). A Comprehensive Single-molecule Experiment of Peptide Phosphorylation Detection with Biological Nanopores, University Chemistry, 37, 7, 2111089-0. DOI: 10.3866/PKU.DXHX202111089.

4. Zheng-Li Hu; Yi-Lun Ying*; Ming-Zhu Huo; Xuan-Feng Kong; Xiao-Dong Yu; Jian-Rong Zhang; Yi-Tao Long*(2020). A Course of Hands-on Nanopore Experiments for Undergraduates: Single-Molecule Detection with Portable Electrochemical Instruments, Journal of Chemical Education, 97, 12, 4345-4354. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00389.